Michael Zhang

Michael Zhang

Voice memos to action items, with AI

About

I’ve wanted to build products for a long time, but I couldn’t code to save my life. I tried in high school and failed miserably. So I became a marketer instead :-) and spent years on that side of the table. Then AI coding tools changed everything! Ideas I’d been carrying around for years suddenly felt buildable. Instead of overthinking it, I decided to start making things and learn along the way. Now I’m building apps at WiscAI and turning product ideas into things people can actually use. I’ve followed Product Hunt for a long time, so it’s fun to finally be here. Mainly here to learn, meet smart builders, and hopefully contribute something useful too.

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You're a product builder. Should you also be a writer?

You're building a product.
Your focus is code, features, user experience.
Not meta descriptions.
Not FAQ schema.
Not internal linking.

But content still needs to get done. Docs, landing pages, blog posts, metadata. And if you ignore it, nobody finds your product.

So you have a choice. Spend hours on content yourself. Hire someone who doesn't understand your product. Or let an OS handle it.

We're building ROSE ( Rankfender Fullstack Optimization Engine ) as a Git based library. An SDK you install directly into your repo. It runs on every commit. Checks your metadata. Validates your heading structure. Suggests internal links. Even auto fixes the small stuff.

Build in public : Yes or No?

Some of the most inspiring startup journeys of the last few years happened in plain sight.

@levelsio built Nomad List and Remote OK live on Twitter sharing revenue numbers, failures, and pivots in real time. @marclou does the same, shipping products publicly and turning his audience into his distribution. Both have built massive followings and real businesses partly because of how openly they build.

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